Vegetables · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are pumpkins grown?
Illinois grows the most pumpkins: 36% of the 1.5 billion pounds grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come California (11%) and Indiana (9%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 1.5 billion poundstotal of the 13 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Illinois36% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 16,251in 50 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $259 millionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested). Pumpkins for fresh market (including jack-o'-lanterns) and processing (canned pumpkin for pie).
Which state grows the most pumpkins?
Illinois grows the most pumpkins: 36% of the 1.5 billion pounds grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
* Rank among states with published figures. A state whose figure is withheld could rank higher.
All states ranked for pumpkins, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for pumpkins covers 13 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held 74% of US acres harvested.
Which counties grow the most pumpkins?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports pumpkins for 1,906 counties. NASS withholds 744 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Acres harvested | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Mason County, IL | 4,653 | 5% |
| Tazewell County, IL | 3,845 | 4% |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 2,125 | 2% |
| Dallam County, TX | 1,916 | 2% |
| Knox County, IN | 1,656 | 2% |
| Peoria County, IL | 1,369 | 1% |
| Terry County, TX | 1,353 | 1% |
| Pueblo County, CO | 1,205 | 1% |
| Woodford County, IL | 1,074 | 1% |
| Lancaster County, PA | 980 | under 1% |
| Washington County, IL | 927 | under 1% |
| Skagit County, WA | 868 | under 1% |
| Oceana County, MI | 857 | under 1% |
| Hillsdale County, MI | 808 | under 1% |
| Logan County, IL | 796 | under 1% |
How has US production of pumpkins changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2019 to 2025, for the 13 states NASS surveys.
Pumpkins by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Illinois, California and Indiana, account for 57% of the pumpkins grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported pumpkins in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 16,251 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Mason County, Illinois has 5% of the acres of pumpkins harvested in the US, more than any other county.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2019 was 2022, at 1.7 billion pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Illinois has led NASS's state estimates for pumpkins every year since at least 2000.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US pumpkins production in 2025 at $259 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Acres of pumpkins harvested in the US rose 25% between the 1997 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 79,707 acres to 99,413 acres.
Censuses of Agriculture, 1997 to 2022
About this data
Pumpkins for fresh market (including jack-o'-lanterns) and processing (canned pumpkin for pie).
State and national figures come from NASS's annual estimates (final 2025 figures; in-season forecasts are not used). County figures and the county map come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, the only source that covers every county. NASS withholds some figures, marked "withheld", to avoid disclosing data for individual farms. NASS reports this crop in hundredweight (100 pounds) or 100-pound barrels; we show pounds.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: PUMPKINS - ACRES HARVESTED; PUMPKINS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.